The Marvelwood School

Academics

• marvelwood已经调整了今年的日历，以反映我们对秋季学期期间，输送校内教学的一个完整的“传统”一年的价值（见下文想法信息。）承诺，我们将能够提供同时面对面和在线学习和/或将这些开关之间需要。而我们的目标是亲自教为主，这种“混合型”的做法将使我们能够灵活满足学生谁是无法回到校园，由于旅行限制或健康问题的需要。

• Marvelwood is working on modifying our academic schedule to account for classroom density estimates, an extended lunch break, and extra passing time between classes.

• Classrooms have been measured and desks will be set up to achieve appropriate social distancing. 

• All students and teachers will be required to wear masks in class and in the hallways.  Traffic flow will be restricted, and doors clearly marked for entry or exit only.

• The school has identified several larger spaces to use as classrooms and will be encouraging the use of outdoor space for class time as appropriate.  Masks may be removed during classes in settings where more-than-appropriate social distancing can be achieved and maintained.

• All classrooms will be professionally cleaned before the start of morning classes each day.  Students and faculty will assist by wiping down surfaces at the end of each class period.

• Marvelwood will use window exhaust fans to increase fresh air ventilation in all classrooms.

• Schoolhouse bathrooms will be restricted to allow no more than two people at a time.

I.D.E.A.S.

Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Action Seminars (IDEAS) is a new initiative that will be a permanent part of our curriculum in the interim period between Thanksgiving and winter break, conducted remotely for most students for 2020.  IDEAS will be devoted to interdisciplinary work focusing on diversity and inclusion through education and action.  

marvelwood是幸运地位于一个孤立的，农村的，低人口密度的新英格兰地区。我们计划利用我们开放的86英亩的校园，我们的户外设施，以及我们的登山步道，国家公园，自然保护区，自行车道，绳索课程，湖泊和池塘立即访问提供了丰富的安全，整个从事户外活动秋季学期和学年。 marvelwood教育的标志之一，是一个充满机会的学生在下午的广度。  

Athletics

Our athletic leagues, the Hudson Valley Athletic League (HVAL), has decided to cancel all interscholastic competition for the 2020 fall season. The unanimous decision was made after many discussions prioritizing community health, safety, and well-being. 
Despite the lack inter-league competition, Marvelwood will continue to provide a meaningful and comprehensive afternoon activity and athletic schedule. 

While the effects surrounding Covid-19 will make student life at Marvelwood look different, the Athletics Department is working to provide engaging programming, taking into consideration the latest health and safety guidelines for best practices within each individual sport or activity.  We will be utilizing our outdoor spaces as much as possible.

Afternoon Activities

For other afternoon activities like theatre, the hurdles for safely continuing school programs are less daunting, though again we will adhere to CDC and local government guidelines.  

Preparing to Return to Campus

The safety of our campus depends on disciplined individual adherence to a set of shared guidelines designed to mitigate risk.  An essential part of our reopening plan is that Marvelwood will ask all students, faculty, and staff to follow “safer at home” protocols for two weeks before arrival on campus:

• Self-isolating within a reasonable driving distance of campus

• Taking every precaution for reducing coronavirus exposure for two weeks prior to returning to campus

• Returning to school without using any public transportation

• Students who typically fly to school are encouraged to self-quarantine with a friend, relative or other contact nearby

• All students and faculty will be required to provide proof of a negative test for COVID-19, performed after August 23rd 

Marvelwood’s back-to-school registration dates are as follows:

• Friday, September 4:  Student leaders
• Saturday, September 5:  All new students (grades 9-PG)
• Sunday, September 6:  All returning students (grades 9-12)

Families will be required to sign up for a registration time slot.  More information on how to reserve your spot will be available by mid-August.

• Please note that all students are required to bring documentation of a negative PCR COVID test to registration.  No student will be permitted to remain on campus without this documentation.  (See “Testing and Tracing,” below)

• Any family member(s) who wish to accompany their student through the registration process and/or into the dormitory must also present evidence of a negative PCR COVID test.

• In the interests of both time and safety, a limited number of families will be permitted to enter the registration hall at any one time.  Please complete all required paperwork ahead of time and, if possible, submit it via email before your arrival.  The traffic pattern will be strictly enforced.  Social distancing and wearing a mask will be required in the registration hall and in the dormitories.

• Orientation for new families will take place via a virtual Town Hall-style meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, August 4 at 6pm EST.

Quarantine Before Arrival

• 到达学校开始前，marvelwood迫切要求所有的学生检疫 - 限制所有不必要的旅行和有接触少的人可能 - 14天抵达前。那些住驱动到学校内谁可以明显地在家里做。那些谁飞应在家隔离，并竭尽所能，以限制与人接触，而旅行。疾病预防控制中心建议，从美国之外的旅行应在美国来到校园前隔离14天。

• In addition to our request that students quarantine before arrival, Connecticut authorities have joined New Jersey and New York in imposing further quarantine requirements. The list of states will be continually updated as the situation develops across the country, so please check it often HERE.  Connecticut is currently requiring people to self-quarantine after arrival if they are coming from a state that has:

  • A new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents; or

  • A 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average

• The State of Connecticut also requires people entering the state and staying for more than 24 hours to complete an online Travel Health Form, if they have been in a state on the Travel Advisory list for more than 24 hours. Failure to do so may result in a fine of up to $1000. 

• Marvelwood understands that quarantine requirements can present a challenge to families who reside far away from our campus. Ideally, a student will quarantine locally with a family member or a trusted family contact before coming to campus. Please be in touch with the school if we can be of assistance.

Special Considerations for International Students and Those Who Fly to School

• Students may arrive early on campus to complete a two-week self-isolation in one of our dorm rooms. We offer this as a service only to families whose students do not have options for quarantining at other nearby locations for this two-week period. There will be a separate charge for this.

• Students may petition to remain on campus through all school breaks and/or for the winter interim period. This opportunity is being offered free of charge.

Testing & Tracing

• All faculty and staff will be tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, before the beginning of school and periodically thereafter. 

• We require that all students have a molecular PCR test no earlier than August 23, in such a timeframe that parents will have the results prior to arrival on campus. Call your doctor for specific turnaround times on testing, as these will vary.  Students must bring documentation of the negative results with them to school. Any student who cannot make arrangements for testing prior to their arrival must notify our health center, and they will be tested immediately upon arrival to campus.  

• If your child has a positive PCR test prior to arrival at school, they will not be permitted to enter campus. Parents will need to contact our Health Center to develop an appropriate plan to bring the student back to school based on current data and CDC recommendations.

• 我们将实施教师，职员和学生常规测试是在合理的根据的发展covid-19在校园里，我们的当地市政府，利奇菲尔德县，以及康涅狄格州的一个系统。测试将在我们的健康中心或校外，在整个学年文档紧急护理（新米尔福德，CT）进行，从点护理快速抗原检测下15分钟可用的结果。从分子PCR检测结果预测当前需要更长的时间来获得。

• All students will be retested 5-7 days after their arrival to campus. 

• If and when a student or school employee tests positive, that individual should remain away from campus and isolate in accordance with CDC guidelines.

• We have a team of employees who will be trained in contact tracing before students return to campus in September.

With much of the national conversation about COVID-19 focusing on a second wave, we are building a calendar that proactively addresses this topic while providing for needed flexibility:

• Maximize in-person class time during the fall term while being prepared to flip to distance learning if advisable at any point

• Conclude fall term at the Thanksgiving break

• Provide a co-curricular interim program for a few weeks in December

• Reconvene on campus in early January

• Possible shortened March vacation to allow for a full two terms’ worth of in-person academics between January and the end of school.  

• Possible extension of the school year into early or mid-June.  

Fall Term

• August 22,23: International and domestic boarding students with specific travel restrictions or an inability to self-isolate within driving distance of school can return to campus to allow for a two-week period of self-quarantine

• September 4: Student leaders arrive (afternoon); staggered registration 1-3:30pm

• September 5: Staggered arrival (by appointment) for all new boarding and day students; registration times TBA

• September 6: Staggered arrival (by appointment) for all returning boarding and day students; registration times TBA

• September 6:  Orientation activities for all new students (morning); back-to-school activities on campus (afternoon/evening)

• September 7: Academic orientation activities; classes begin; all-school Labor Day picnic

• October 9,10: Midterm & ”Virtual” Parent Conferences

• October 12: No classes (all boarding students on campus)

• November 14,15,16: Fall Term Exams; term ends November 16 after last exam

• November 17: Travel Day

• November 30: IDEAS Winterim begins (online from home for most; in person for any student with permission to remain on campus)

• December 11: IDEAS Winterim ends, and Winter Break begins

Winter/ Spring Terms

• January 2020: On-campus classes resume, at a date still to be determined.  
   

• Marvelwood will share details of the calendar for the second half of the year in mid-November. 

Printable Calendar

Daily Schedule & Programming Notes

• All students will be required to check-in at breakfast.

• Academics, athletics, community service, clubs, and study halls will be structured and monitored to maintain safe hygiene practices and social distancing requirements.

• We will hold assemblies and group meetings in both remote and live formats in several of our large and more accommodating spaces (performing arts center, gymnasium, library, dining hall, dorm common rooms). We are determined to continue the tradition of these community gatherings in a safe and responsible way.

• At this time, it is unclear whether Marvelwood and other schools against which we compete will be permitted or able to pursue a regular or even revised slate of interscholastic athletic competitions.  Marvelwood is planning several alternate scenarios for after-school activities, utilizing our outdoor spaces as much as possible, and all students will be required to participate. 

• Restrooms in the athletic center will be restricted to allow only a single user at any one time.  Locker rooms, including lockers, bathroom facilities and showers, will be off limits.

• While weekly Community Service will most certainly look different during COVID, we are committed to running a revised, on-campus adaptation of this program for at least the fall term.  More details will be shared closer to the opening of school.

Day Students

• Like boarding students, we require that day students must follow the same PCR testing requirements as boarding students prior to their first day of school. 
   

• Day students will be tested for the virus frequently throughout the fall.

• Day students must complete the daily health assessment from home and check in at the Health Office upon arrival each morning, before checking in at breakfast or going into any other school building.  Day students will not be permitted to enter any classrooms without first being cleared by the Health Office, on a daily basis.

• Day students will be assigned a room in the day student-only dorm but may not host students from other dorms or visit other dorms except during study hall to work with a teacher.  Masks must be worn.

• We are proud that our day students have always had a bed at Marvelwood. Unfortunately, offering a bed to day students this year, at least initially, runs counter to the CDC and WHO guidelines for running a residential program in the midst of this global pandemic.  Consequently, for at least the first several weeks of school, day students will not be permitted to spend the night on campus.

• Day students are strongly urged to limit unnecessary travel outside the trip from home to school, and to avoid activities outside home or school that may inadvertently involve potential exposure to COVID-19.

• Marvelwood is offering a per-term arrangement for any day student who would like to board on campus for the fall.  Full compliance with all rules applying to boarding status would be expected.  Interested families should contact Director of Admission Maureen Smith or CFO David Fiorillo for more information.

Sage Dining & the Dining Hall

• Our food service provider, Sage Dining, has created and reviewed with the School a plan for safe, hygienic kitchen operations.  Their staff will comply with all health screening requirements set up by the school.

• The academic schedule is being adjusted to create two separate 30-minute lunch shifts, with a cleaning period in between.  Students will be assigned to one shift or the other.

• Breakfast and dinner times will be extended to allow for less density in the dining hall during these meal times; these meals may also be “staggered” as attendance dictates.

• Self-serve areas (salad bar, panini station, self-serve beverages, soup station, dessert bar, etc.) will not be operating.  The serving line will offer hot items as well as basic pre-made sandwiches and salads.

• Sage Dining will offer a limited selection of items for “grab and go.”

• Food allergies can still be accommodated.

• Marvelwood plans to make regular use of the dining hall terrace to increase seating capacity while maintaining appropriate social distancing.

• Seating at tables will be reduced and traffic patterns through the dining hall will be adjusted and regulated to achieve safe social distancing.  Used dishes will be placed on racks located in the dining room to eliminate traffic in and out of the dish room area.

• Traffic flow into and out of the building will be regulated, and entry/exit doors will be clearly marked.

• Diners may remove their masks only once they are seated, and must wear masks in the dining area at all other times.

• The dining hall will be thoroughly cleaned before and after breakfast, before and after each lunch shift, and before dinner. 

Sage Dining

Daily Health Screening & Hygiene Practices

• The best way to screen is through self-monitoring of temperature and awareness of potential symptoms.  All students and employees will be required to complete a daily morning health assessment. 

• For the first several weeks of the year, or until solid routines are established, day students and employees who commute from off campus will be required to check in at the Health Office for an in-person health screening before entering any other school building or moving about the campus.

• In most places and spaces on Marvelwood’s campus, we will be able to practice high standards of social distancing, maintaining at least six feet between individuals, while verbalizing consent whenever one may need to cross the threshold of the six-foot bubble of personal space.

• Today’s best scientific research shows that wearing face coverings in public spaces will significantly decrease the possibility of transmitting COVID-19.  The understanding on the part of each member of our community is that we wear masks to protect ourselves, but also to protect each other.  We will require face coverings in our public spaces, including classes when conducted indoors, the dining hall until we are seated, and outdoors when social distancing is not permitted.  

• At registration, we will give each student two launderable, two-ply cloth masks; at any time, students may bring their used school-provided mask to the health office and exchange it for a clean one. We will also require that students bring at least 5-10 additional face coverings to school.  These must be two-ply cloth masks.  Please do not choose bandanas, gators (worn around the neck and pulled up for use) or masks with built-in air vents, as these do not provide adequate protection. If your child needs specific PPE to help ensure their safety, please let our health office know.

• According to reports from the CDC, cloth face coverings should:

  • Fit snugly but comfortably against the side of the face
  • Completely cover the nose and mouth
  • Be secured with ties or ear loops
  • Include multiple layers of fabric
  • Allow for breathing without restriction
  • Be laundered and machine dried without damage or change to shape
     
• Washing your hands five or more times per day decreases one’s risk from spreading the common cold, flu, and COVID-19 by 50%. We will educate our community on this standard and practice it during orientation, and we will provide opportunities for our students, faculty, and staff to build this habit into daily routines.
   

• marvelwood拥有额外的空间，并在我们的健康办公室设立了两个不同的区域。一个区域将成为学生常规健康问题（药物回升，掩盖交换等）;其他将作为感到或疾病的症状的任何人指定区域。这个区域被连接到一个独立的公寓空间根据需要，可以通过我们的卫生服务工作人员易于监控，可隔离的学生。这两个区段通过单独的门进入这样就会有地区之间没有接触。  

• As always, our health office staff will be on 24-hour duty, whether in person or on call, and all students or families will be able to contact the Administrator on Duty via phone or text if there is a health concern.

Testing & Tracing (this information also appears in the 'Back to School' section)

• All faculty and staff will be tested for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, before the beginning of school and periodically thereafter. 

• We require that all students have a molecular PCR test no earlier than August 23, in such a timeframe that parents will have the results prior to arrival on campus. Call your doctor for specific turnaround times on testing, as these will vary.  Students must bring documentation of the negative results with them to school. Any student who cannot make arrangements for testing prior to their arrival must notify our health center, and they will be tested immediately upon arrival to campus.  

• If your child has a positive PCR test prior to arrival at school, they will not be permitted to enter campus. Parents will need to contact our Health Center to develop an appropriate plan to bring the student back to school based on current data and CDC recommendations.

• 我们将实施教师，职员和学生常规测试是在合理的根据的发展covid-19在校园里，我们的当地市政府，利奇菲尔德县，以及康涅狄格州的一个系统。测试将在我们的健康中心或校外，在整个学年文档紧急护理（新米尔福德，CT）进行，从点护理快速抗原检测下15分钟可用的结果。从分子PCR检测结果预测当前需要更长的时间来获得。

• All students will be retested 5-7 days after their arrival to campus. 

• If and when a student or school employee tests positive, that individual should remain away from campus and isolate in accordance with CDC guidelines.

• We have a team of employees who will be trained in contact tracing before students return to campus in September.

Cleaning Protocols

• Our cleaning service provider, PBM, has created and reviewed with the school a plan for safe, hygienic cleaning and sanitizing operations.  Their staff will comply with all health screening requirements set up by the school.

• Marvelwood has focused resources on the custodial services budget to ensure excellence and the highest of standards with cleaning and sanitizing on campus. We continue to use disinfecting products that comply with all CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommendations.

• Personal Protective Equipment will be provided for Marvelwood maintenance and health center employees. All student-facing staff and faculty will be provided with masks, and face shields if requested.  PPE will also be worn by our dining and cleaning contractors.  

• We are increasing the frequency of cleaning in dorms, restrooms, classrooms and the dining hall.

Isolation and Quarantine

It is important to define the distinction of isolation and quarantine. According to the CDC:

• “Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick."

• “Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.” 

Quarantine Before Arrival (this information also appears in the 'Back to School' section)

• 到达学校开始前，marvelwood迫切要求所有的学生检疫 - 限制所有不必要的旅行和有接触少的人可能 - 14天抵达前。那些住驱动到学校内谁可以明显地在家里做。那些谁飞应在家隔离，并竭尽所能，以限制与人接触，而旅行。疾病预防控制中心建议，从美国之外的旅行应在美国来到校园前隔离14天。

• In addition to our request that students quarantine before arrival, Connecticut authorities have joined New Jersey and New York in imposing further quarantine requirements. As of July 15th, the list features 22 states, including highly-populated states such as Florida, California, and Texas. The list of states will be continually updated as the situation develops across the country, so please check it often here.  Connecticut is currently requiring people to self-quarantine after arrival if they are coming from a state that has:

  • A new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents; or

  • A 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.

• Marvelwood understands that quarantine requirements can present a challenge to families who reside far away from our campus. Ideally, a student will quarantine locally with a family member or a trusted family contact before coming to campus. Please be in touch with the school if we can be of assistance.

Quarantine or Isolation After the Start of School

• 那些谁进来与任何受感染或潜在感染的学生或成人亲密接触将根据CDC的基于时间和/或测试指南被隔离。我们已经确定宿舍空间 - 星宿舍和相邻的教师公寓的下位 - 用于无症状检疫或症状的隔离电涌空间。这些都是标准的宿舍，将舒适地容纳被观察到谁的学生。无线网络将提供在线学习;餐将交付，并提供成人监督。

• 在学生的测试呈阳性covid-19或谁需要隔离的情况下，父母会问，直到他们恢复到离学校取消学生。父母可能会被要求，如果由于直接暴露，并延长检疫要求从校园删除学生。学生将在此期间进行远程学习。 marvelwood要求每个家庭准备，并确定他们的孩子，他们应该需要从学校中分离出来的计划。在案件雇员测试呈阳性covid-19，他们将自己的恢复过程中自我隔离和下班回家越好。

Emotional Support

• Marvelwood recognizes the need to prioritize efforts to address social and emotional learning and mental and behavioral health during this uncertain time. Equally important is ensuring that staff feel their physical and mental health needs are supported.  

• 我们很幸运，有博士。约翰·肯尼迪，一个专职的心理健康辅导员，工作人员和在校园内住宿。他将与每个学生单独在校开放周连接并保持提供给他们在整个学年咨询或支持。此外，我们今年又高兴能与垃圾候选人杰斯特洛伊，谁将为我们的学生更多的情感支持合同。这两个专业人士也可以作为顾问，我们的大一学院，文化和社会意识的方案。

• Our popular Connections programs, under the direction of Micky Pratt, supports students’ social and emotional learning.   Faculty member Sandra Singco (MSW) joins the Connections team this year and will provide small-group instruction and support.

• Weekly advisory meetings give faculty the opportunity to connect with students in smaller groups for targeted check-ins and discussion.

• We are adding a variety of outdoor seating areas where students and staff can enjoy a quiet moment for mindfulness and reflection, mask-free, amid the beautiful, inspiring, and restorative natural surroundings of Skiff Mountain.

• We have created a support group for faculty and staff, and will continue to offer them professional education and support through a variety of professional development organizations, health and wellness professionals, and online training opportunities.

The Marvelwood Compact

Marvelwood has devoted an immense amount of time, effort, and resources to preparing a sustainable and safe reopening of school.  It is our expectation that all members of the Marvelwood family will join us in our determination to keep our campus safe and to protect the collective health of our school community by signing The Marvelwood Compact.  This Compact represents a promise on the part of all of us – students, parents, employees and their families – to do our best to comply with measures, guidelines and expectations established for our protection, and to support each other in meeting this goal.  Marvelwood will go to great lengths to teach, model, and encourage thoughtful commitment to this Compact in recognition of the important role and responsibility all members of our community share to safeguard both ourselves and each other.  Please print the Compact, discuss it together, and return signed copies to the School before registration.

The Marvelwood Compact

The signed Compact should be returned via fax (860-927-5325) or email (barbara.diorio@marvelwood.org)

Looking Ahead

marvelwood没有在二零二零年至2021年学年启动停课的意图。如果它是由康涅狄格州州长的行政命令，授权可能仅会出现，这将迫使来自校园的学生去除任何关闭。有没有办法预测这是否会发生与否。但是，如果发生这种情况，学校将继续实行远程学习计划的时间，我们将被迫让学生在校外的时间。

Dormitories

• There will be three boarding student dorms and one dorm for day students only. 

• Inter-dorm visitation is not permitted, at least for the opening weeks of school.

• Dorm residents may socialize together in the common rooms and hallways while wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

• Residents of each hallway will be considered to be a small “cohort” family, so social distancing guidelines will be somewhat relaxed.  While residents of each hallway should still wear a mask in the hallways, roommates may remove their masks when in their room together, as long as there are no guests present.

• Each dorm bathroom will be restricted for use only by residents who live on that hall.  Students must wear masks in the bathrooms except when showering or washing their face/brushing their teeth.

• In every dorm bathroom, shower and toilet stalls are separated from each other by partitions, so all stalls can be used.  Only certain sinks can be used.  Air hand-dryers are being replaced by hands-free paper towel dispensers.  Window exhaust fans will be employed to increase ventilation and improve airflow.  

• Guest bathrooms in each dorm will be reserved for use by duty faculty.

Residential Life Forms

Travel & Visitors to Campus

• One of our many goals while we await an effective vaccine for COVID-19 will be to limit traffic to and from campus to the best of our ability. Based on what our medical team advises us today, the reduction of travel on and off campus will help reduce risk of spreading COVID-19. With that in mind, we request that all boarding students arrive in September and plan to stay until Thanksgiving break.

• Parents, guardians, relatives and friends may visit campus and interact with students outside of the dormitories.  Depending on the health of the greater Kent community, permission may or may not be granted to take students into town.  We request that you only visit when essential, and that you notify our Dean of Students Office before coming to campus. 

• All visitors to campus will be required to undergo a health screening prior to entering any campus facility.  This includes parents, admission visitors, vendors and contractors.

• Marvelwood will not be scheduling a traditional Fall Family Weekend or long weekend during the fall term.  We are planning on conducting remote parent-teacher conferences. We will share the specifics of those plans in September.  We will also schedule on-campus “mini-breaks” in lieu of the traditional long weekend break in October.

• We are asking that all boarding students treat fall weekends as “closed” and may leave campus only when necessary.  If and when there are essential reasons to leave, students must follow an application process and any protocols directed by our Dean of Students Office.  COVID-19 testing will be required before a return to campus.

• For at least the first few weeks of the school year, day students may not entertain boarding students at their homes over the weekends.

• Since students will be on campus for a more sustained period of time, we are hard at work planning for meaningful and dynamic weekends. Our Residential Life and Student Activities administrators are preparing for enriching and enjoyable weekends on campus. While Friday evenings and Saturday mornings will enable us to schedule time for both live and virtual all-school and group meetings, on-campus community service, clubs and events, Saturday afternoons and Sundays will provide an appreciable variety of safe entertainment, socialization, and rest and rejuvenation opportunities.  

• International students and those who live far from Marvelwood, or in areas where COVID-19 is particularly widespread, have the option to remain on campus during all scheduled school breaks during the 2020-2021 academic year.